Improved curtain-fixture



v-To all fitjraagconcer:

Be itknown that I, O. JAMES RQBEia'rs', of Chicago,l

C..JAMES ROBERTS, OF CHICAGO, ILLlNoIs. i vLaws Patent Nasaecaaad .mm3/1869.

The Schedule referred ta in these Letters Patent 'and making part of the Ima.

in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new andiniproved Device for Fastening Window-Shades; and I doherebydeclare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact' description of the construction Vand operation o the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shade-fastener when closed; y

Figure 2, of the shade-fastener when open;

Figure 3, a separate view of the back piece a, tlg. 2;

(Figure 4, a separate view of the front piece B, iig. 2; an p i Figure 5, a view of the movable button C, iig. 2.

A, iig. 2, is a strip of metal, of convenient length, with the ends I I struck up for bearings for the lfront piece B.

' B is a piece of thicker metal, with a slot, H, cut

along one side of it, with several smaller slots, G, cut

into the metal from one side of the slot H, into which the button O, seen in iig. 5, works.

D is another button, riveted to the lower end of the lever B, for more conveniently moving the same.

The wh`o1e is fastened to -the window-casing by a screw through the back piece at F, and another through both pieces at E, which 'also serves as a fulcrum for the lever B.

J is a catch for holding the lever B in its place wheny closed.

rlhe operation of the lever window-shade fastener is as follows:

When 'the oord K becomes slackened from use or other causes, the` lower end of the lever B is pushed sideways,.loosening the cord K at thebutton O, which may 'then be inserted in another slot, low'er down, and

the lever SB' being pushed back in its piace, the cord K is tightened.

When the shade requires to be raised or lowered, u the lever B is pushed to one side, and, being held by one hand, the cord K can be operated with the other, at pleasure. z

The lever window-shade fastener may be constructed of brass, iron, or any material used yin the construction,v

of window-shade fasteners, and may be usedvfth or without the bearings I I.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'The combination of the lever B with the adjustable i button O, moving. in the slots G and H, substantially as described. 4

O. JAMES ROBERTS. Witnesses: u

A. B. TAYLOR, A. N. BABcoeK. 

